#252E83#252E83

#252E83 is a dark, vivid blue. Relative luminance 0.040; OKLCH L 35.2% C 0.141 H 272.2°. Best body text is #FFFFFF at 11.68:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#252E83
RGB	rgb(37, 46, 131)
HSL	hsl(234, 56%, 33%)
HSV	hsv(234, 72%, 51%)
CMYK	cmyk(71.8%, 64.9%, 0%, 48.6%)
CIE-LAB	lab(23.62, 26.46, -48.92)
CIE-LCH	lch(23.62, 55.62, 298.41°)
OKLab	oklab(35.22% 0.0054 -0.1412)
OKLCH	oklch(35.22% 0.141 272.2)
XYZ	xyz(5.8353, 3.9854, 21.9301)
Luminance	0.0399 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	cool
Family	blue

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#252E83 #837A25

analogous

#255D83 #252E83 #4B2583

triadic

#252E83 #83252E #2E8325

tetradic

#252E83 #83255D #837A25 #25834B

square

#252E83 #83255D #837A25 #25834B

split-complementary

#252E83 #834B25 #5D8325

monochromatic

#0A0C24 #181D53 #252E83 #323FB3 #5460CF

Accessibility & contrast

On white

11.68

#252E83 on #FFFFFF

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

On black

1.80

#252E83 on #000000

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

Best text color

#FFFFFF on #252E83

11.68:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##252E83	#FFFFFF	#000000	##FFFFFF
##252E83	1.00	11.68	1.80	11.68
#FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00
#000000	1.80	21.00	1.00	21.00
##FFFFFF	11.68	1.00	21.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#003D86

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#003481

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#004454

Achromatopsia (no color)

#383838

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #252e83;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(37, 46, 131);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(35.2% 0.141 272.2);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#6d66a8',
    500: '#252e83',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #252e83;
$custom-light: #6d66a8;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#252e83",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 37,
    "g": 46,
    "b": 131
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 234.255,
    "s": 55.952,
    "l": 32.941
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.35216,
    "c": 0.14131,
    "h": 272.2
  },
  "luminance": 0.03986
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#252E83

secondary

#B3AA51

accent

#D149DF

background

#F7F6FA

surface

#EDEBF4

border

#C8C6CE

text

#080610

muted

#7B7A7F

Preview Lab

Preview with #252E83

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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